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' a j P JLENS Pl ninnsnn, on caircaeo, I LLINoIs, ASSIGNOR r0 'AnGUs MANiJFAcTURINe ooM- I ramnor CHICAGO; ILLINOIS", A CORPORATION or rumors. Y

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' 0rigina1No. 1,660',882, dated February as, 1928, Serial no. 177,823, filed March 23, i927. Application for reissue filed August 4, 1923. Serial Nana- 9.

My inventionrelates to means for reinov ably retaining an object (or group ofoloas for example within-the bore of; a roll of roofing paper.

It has long been customary to accompany each such roll with a can of cement and a package of nails adequate foruse with the paper in the roll, both the can and the pack- "age of'nails'loeing of such a size ascan readily be stored and shipped within thebore of the roll. 1T0 retain such accessorieswith'in the bore of the roll, most manufacturers of roofing papers provide each such roll with end caps which-close both ends 'of the bore and which are. clamped to the ends of the roll by a rod connecting the twocaps; This arrangement-has proven objectionable in many cases. for thereason that it permits-the packaged accessories to slide freely in the bore and often results in rupturing the cartonin which the nailsare packed, thereby causing the nails to damage the inner parts of the roll, an'dfalso because of cost of such a provision. H

As an alternative"arrangement; package retainers have'also been proposed in aform employingarms of spring wire which indent the wallsofthe bore of'the vroll; but these likewise damage the inner portions-ot the roll,vso as to compel the user to waste a con:

side'rahle portion of the paper; v

Mypresent invention also aims to provide a spring-heldpackageretainer, one of its Inainobjects being to'provide a retainerconstruction which will; be effective Without indenting and damaging the paper, which will facilitate the insertion and withdrawal of the retainer along with the packaged ac,- cessories retained by it; which'will be inexpensive; and which can be packed and shipped cheaply. Still further and also more detailed objects ofniy invention will appear from the following specification and fromthe accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is an elevation. of a package re;

tainer embodying my invention, showing this as holding can of cement and a package or nails .within thebore of a roljl., the wall oi the bore being indicated'by dotted lines. f

Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section, taken along the line 22'of Fig. 1. f

Fig-3 is an elevation of the retainerhe fore the strap which forms themain portion of another of the is bent along the dotted lines;

showing the forminwhich this retainer can be packed for shipment.

" Fig. 4 is an elevation of alowerportion i retainer of thesame type, showing a springformed of wire. 1

Fig. 5 1s a] orizontal section taken along the two press er members are relatively slidable, showmg this asen ployed for retaining a single can.

F ig..7 is a fragmentary planview'of the retamer of Flg. 6, SlIOWIII lIhG means afford- .J 2: ing the shdable conncctlon.

ed for use in retaining both a can of'cement and a package of nailswithin the bore of a roll. of roofing paper, I am illustratingand descr bmg the same as employed for this pur-' pose. However, I do not wish to be limited to the use of my'inv ention for this particular purpose.

i In the drawings, Fig. 1 shows a package 1 (COIltEtlIllIlg the. nails) seated on acan'Q (c011 taming the cement) and disposed within a single-piece metal strapwhich has its shanks 3 and etextend ng atopposite sides of these two containers, with each shank engaging one of two diametrically opposite portions o f tlle borefi ofithe rollof paper. .The llpper ends of the shanksB and 4 are connected by a strap portion G'which extends diametrically of the roll above; the package and which is somewhat shorter than the'diameter of the V said: bore. This, strap portion 6 forms the bight of thelgenerally U-shapedstrap and is disposed closeto the top of the package; The

shank 3 isshown providedat its free (lower) end'with a stop .iinger 7 extending radially inward of the rolliand crosswise of thecan cem'entgsol as to co-operate withthe bight 6 in preventlng the two conta nersfrommovofthe shank 3"is preferably bent slightly inward to vprevent having the, free endofthe, shank catch injtheborev' j Secu-redto onesideportion of the U-shaped' Since inyinvention islparticularly adapt ment of my invention, namely one in which" G5 mg longitndinallyof the retainer. 'The end'i strap (and desirably toone shank is a spring 8 which engages the adjacenusiae of the can 2' and forciblyurges theshan'k 3 later.- ally away from the can. Thusarranged; the

I spring operates through the-can to spread the wall of thebore of the roll. The shanks 3 lower ends of the shanks 3 andt apart, there by forcibly pressing both of these shanks against diametrically opposite parts of the and 4 preferably are both of arcuate transverse sections with their outer iaces curved substantially to the same radius as that of the here, while the bight 6 and the stop finger (or fingers) 7 may be flat. Thespring 8 is preferably formed so as to afford can-engaging portions spaced eircum'ferentially of the can, assho'wn in Fig; 2, so that the arms of the spring cooperate with the shank 4 in gripping the can at three circumferentially spaced points, thereby preventing the can from moving in a direction at right angles to a longitudinal plane 19 medial of both of the said shanks. Moreover, the spring is of such a size that it tends to spread the shanks further apart thanthe diameter of thebore.

To cheapen and facilitate the packing and shipping of my retainer, I may ship this in the form shown in Fig. 3, namely with the entire strap'extended and generally flat, exoeptfor the preformed transverse curving of theparts which are to form the shanks of the retainer, and with lateral indentations 10 indicating the several lines (9, 9 9", 9 and 9) along which the strap is to be bent to its operative form. Straps made in this way, with the springs fastened to them as shown in Fig.

i 3, can be packed and shipped much more com- *tainer and packages in this bore.

pactl'y and cheaply than when already bent to their finished shapes, and with the straps made of relatively thinmaterial (such asgal vanizedi iron) the user can quickly form the needed bends in them by hand at the indented points.

After each strap is thus bent up, the two containers are slipped into the resulting retainer and the latter is shoved bight foremost (for upwards in Fig. 1)- into the bore of a roll. During this inserting the spring is compressed, so that it holds both shanks of the retainer against the wall of the bore with sufficient firmness to retain the assembly of re- Then, when the roll is to be used, the said assembly can readily be pushed. further in the same direction so as to force it out of the roll at the opposite end to that from which it was in? serted. By using relatively thin metal for theretainer, I not only cheapen its construction, but also permit the spring to form a bend above described, I prevent, the indenting of the paper, so that no part of the roll is damaged.

In practice, I desirably locate the spring considerably above the lower end of the re tainer, so as to enhance the distribution of pressure along the shank lthrough the can. However, I do not Wish to be limited to the details oi construction and arrangement heretofore described, as many changes might be made without departing either from the spirit of my invention or from the appended claims.

For example, Figs. l ands show a spring 11 formed of wire and secured to the adjacent shank 1'2 and secured to the latter by upper fingers 13 and by a single lower linger 14, these fingers being all formed from the said shank.

Fig. 6 shows another embodiment of my invention, namely one in which theretainer includes two main parts arranged so as to slide oneaeh other transversely of the bore, and shows such a retainer as used with a single object, In this embodiment, the right-hand shank 15 (which bears directly against the container 16) is integral with a lower stop arml7 and an upper stop member 18. This member 18 has fingers 23 formed from it and projecting through a slot '24 in a companion arm 25. which extends at right angles to the left-hand shank 20 of the retainer, which latter shank has its lower end portion 21 bent I slightly inward to prevent having'the free end of the shank catch in the bore. In this case, the spring 22 is fastened to the shank 2.0 approximately opposite the mid-height of the single container.

In this embodiment of Figs. 6 and 7, the shanks 15 and 20 are presser members which bear for substantially their entire length against the bore of the roll, thereby distributing the pressure over such large areas of this bore as not to indent or damage the paper, and the fingers 23 cooperate with theslot 24 in slidably connecting the two separately formed parts of the retainer so that the action OI the spring can force both of these presser members 15 and 20 against thewall oi the bore With the embodiment of Figs. 1 and 2, the parts 3 and a of the single piece strap form the presser members, and the sloping disposition of the portion 3* cooperates with the bends 9 and 9 to permit the action. of the spring to spread the presser members 3 and 4 into .firm engagement with the wall of the bore. In each case, the upper or transverse portion (or portions) of the retainer form Since theaction is substantially the same regardless of whether my retainers are used ,Witlr singleobject or with a plnraljityi of snperposedobje'cts, I dov not Wish to be l1n1- ited in this respect, Hence the term -obr j ectl {is used in the appended" claims in "a generic sense 5-1n which it may denote one or more contail'iers or other articles that are, to

i I bev retainedin the bore.

I 1. Means for retain'ng an fWith' either otthetwo illustrated types, I v may bend up one or both stop linger-sin the strapibcfore shipping this'with the remainder of the strap substantiallystraight, so as'to have thisstop'finger' more rigid. For example,sfor the form of Fig. 1 I would bend the finger 7 at rightanglcsto the-presser por: tion 4 before shipping thestrap,and would; omit the-notches 10 shown in Fig. 3. Such a single end bend will only slightly increase the costof the packing. Or Imay evenv form both end strap.

bends, before shipping the v I claim as my invention: i

' bore ofa roll-or the like, comprising, a pair 1 ened portions defining lines along which the ofpresser members extending longitudinally of the bore-at opposite sides of the ob ect,

each pressenmember'having a substantially straight portlon bearing against the wall of the bore, the object bearing laterally against one presser member, means connecting the presser members and arranged to eng'ageone end of the object, onenofthe pressermem bers'having an extension arranged to'eng'age the other endfof the object, and compression spring means interposed 'betweenthe other presser member and the object for directly pressing I the said Other presser member against the bore wall and for acting through the object to press the first named presser member against the opposite side of the bore wall.

2. Object-retaining meansas per claim 1, in which the spring means are secured to the said other presser member.

I 3. Object-retaining means as per claim 1, in which the'spring, means are secured to the said other presse'r memberand are arranged for engaging portions of the object spaced c'ircumfercntially of the bore.

"Object-retaining means .as per claim l, in. which each presser and a part ofthe conl'iecting member, comprises an initially substantially straight metal strap having'weakstrap may be manually bent to its operative "form; l v r r p Means for retaining an ob ect with1n the-bore of aroll; compris ng asubstantially U-shaped strap" straddling the object longitudinally of; the said bore and having a finger extending radially inward fromthe free end of one shank of the U,,' whereby the bight of the U' cooperates with the said finger to limit; longitudinal movement of the object with respect to'the strap; the object havinga side thereof in engagement with oneshank of the object in the U; and a-"compression spring secured to the tivelylat oppositesides of the object between lthelatter-and tl'lGpWflll of the bore,'the said shanks being arcuate intransverse sections [to approximately lit the contour of the bore;

means carried by at least one of the shanksfor preventing movement of the obj ect'longitudinally ot' the'shanks away from the bight,

the object being in engagement with one of the shanks; and a compression spring interposed between the object and the other shank; the strap being so constructed as to permit relative moveinent'of the saidother shank radially otthe bore with respect to the bight,

thereby allowing the spring to force the said 1 other shank against the wall of the saidbore. 7. Means for retaining an object in the bore of a roll orthelike, comprising, a pair of presser members extending longitudinally of the bore at opposite sides of theobject,

veach presser member having a long and substantially straightportion bearing against the Wall of the bore, the object bearinglat ,eral'ly against one presser member, means for" connecting the presser members, and compression spring means interposed between the other presser member and the object for directly pressing the said other presser member against the bore Wall and for acting through the object to press the, first named.

presser-l'nember against the" opposite side of the bore Wall. v

l 8. Means for retaining-a can in the bore of a roller the like, comprising, a pair o1" presser. members extending longiti'idinally of the bore at opposite sides of the can and havlng portions bearing against the wallet the bore, the object bearing laterally against one presser member, means connecting the presser members, and compression spring means 111- andthe can and having longitudinally spaced portions arcuately iormcd to, engage the can intermediate the ends thereof.

boreoffa roll comprising, a pair of presser 1 members extending longitudinally of the bore at the opposite sides of the package, and a springcarried on one-ofsaid membersand" interposed between said member and the package for pressmg the package against the other member and the members against the Wall of the bore.

terposed between the other presser member 9; A holder for retaining packages in the 10. A holder forretaining packages in the bore of a roll comprising, a pair of substantially straight presser members extending longitudinally of the bore at the opposite sides of the package, and a compression spring means interposed between one of said members and the package for pressing the package against the other member and the members against the Wall of the bore.

11. A holder for retaining packages in the bore of a roll having, in combination, a presser member extending longitudinally of the bore atone side or the package and: a

' spring secured intermediate its. ends to said member and having longitudinally spaced end portions arranged to engage the package and press it towards the opposite Wall of the sides of the package and a spring interposed between one of said members and the package, said spring and the other member having' portions conforming to the shape of the package adapted to prevent lateral movement of the package from the holder.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto at fixed my signature.

,JENs P. NIELSEN. 

